Diy gift ideas!

Don&#39;t toss out those wilted roses! Turn them into a luxurious spa style rose petal sugar scrub in just a few minutes - easyand inexpensive! This scrub turns every bath or shower into a luxurious spa experience and leaves your skin silky smooth! Save this gift idea for the holidays!

Comfrey Salve recipe

Comfrey Salve Comfrey heals skin, muscle and even bone. Use it to heal cuts, scrapes, bruises, sprains, sore muscles and even a broken toe. It has trans-dermal healing properties, meaning that it soaks through the skin, into the tissue and bone.

Calendula Uses- 14 Recipes and Remedies

Calendula is perhaps most commonly known as a first aid remedy for cuts and wounds. It’s also used internally as an antimicrobial to help the body resist pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Having anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, astringent, and vulnerary properties, calendula is also a good herb for the skin. In this post, we have gathered together some of our favorite recipes and remedies using this herb for all sorts of uses.

Are you looking for a healthy detox bath? Here is a perfect recipe to leave you rejuvenated and refreshed! 1 cup Epsom Salt 1 cup Baking Soda 10 drops of Lavender Essential oils Directions: Pour contents into hot bath water and soak for 20 minutes. Try to cover your entire body up to your neck. Once you get out of bath, avoid eating anything for 20 minutes and drink plenty of cold water. - See more at: http://www.iamthatlady.com/detox-bath-recipe/#_a5y_p=2171081

Dandelion Salve - useful for sore muscles, achy & arthritic joints rough or chapped skin. Collect dandelions and put out on paper towel. Let dry in the sun for 1-2 days. Put in a mason jar and cover with olive oil. Put pot with water on stove. Drop mason jar in and heat for 2-3 hours on low-medium heat. Remove from heat and let jar sit in a cool dark place for 3-7 days. Remove flowers with a sieve. Add about 1/4 cup beeswax to 1 cup of infused oil. Add essential oils as desired.

DIY Beauty: Make Your Own Lip Balm Love this idea, great for gifts and up-cycling small containers. Could add all kinds of oils too, orange, coconut, olive, rosemary as well as pretty little things like rose petals or citrus zest

DIY Beauty: Make Your Own Lip Balm I like the altoids tin Idea

Do you have a bunch of near-empty lipsticks that you don't know what to do with? Don't throw them out! You can turn those favorite shades into tinted lip balms. Customize your color, flavor and scent, and even recycle old tins and tubs to give the balm a personal special touch. Just follow these four simple steps. HOW TO Make Your Own Lip Balm Choose a container or tin for your lip balm. You can use an empty Altoids tin (like the one above) or anything that will hold the balm. Good idea

Lavender and Coconut Milk Bath Soak: 1/2 cup of dried lavender flowers 2 cans of full fat organic coconut milk Directions: Draw a warm bath and slowly add the two cans of coconut milk and the dried lavender. Soak for as long as you like. The longer you soak the softer and more refreshed your skin will feel after. Try to relax and breath in the invigorating aroma of the lavender and coconut. Enjoy...

BANANA AND TOMATO MASK FOR GLOWING SKIN You can easily make homemade face masks from natural ingredients which can be found in every kitchen. In your own kitchen, you will find all the necessary ingredients to make a great mask. No expensive brand name products are necessary to get glowing skin. Banana and tomato are very effective to refine your skin. Here are two masks that you can make in your home very easily Banana mask for skin It is very simple to make a banana mask and this can be very useful for you if it can be used regularly. You will need a ripe banana for this beauty mask. The banana is needed to be crushed and then mixed with honey to get a creamy mixture. You can use this mask on your face, neck and even in your hair. This mask has another usefulness too. This mask can be used to tighten the breast area. I will suggest you to apply this mask on the skin once or twice per week to get excellent output. Tomato mask for oily skin Tomato mask is very useful for skin specially for the oily one. If you want to get rid of oily skin problem, this tomato mask is the right solution for you. Take a fresh tomato and crush it well to get better result. Then apply the crushed tomato on your face and leave it for 15-20 minutes. Then remove the mask smoothly with lukewarm water. This mask will remove the dead skin cells from your face and make your skin clean and healthy. Thus you can get glowing skin by using natural products at your home. You don’t need any special cosmetic products, if you want to get smooth and glowing skin. You can find all the valuable natural ingredients in your own kitchen.

Gardeners hand Scrub - fill Ball jars 3/4 full of sugar. Then add Dawn dish soap (the pink kind with with Olay Beauty Hand Renewal in it) until it reached just below the bottom of the mouth of the jar. Stir the sugar and soap together….adding sugar a little at a time until it’s a paste-like consistency, as you don’t want it to be too runny. To wash the dirt off your hands, use a small amount and rub. The sugar works like an abrasive to remove the dirt, and the soap washes it all away.

Candy Cane Bath Salts: I made these great jars of peppermint bath salts for Christmas gifts last year and they were a big hit. Here is how I made them: Peppermint Salt Soak

Peppermint Bath Salts: I made these great jars of peppermint bath salts for Christmas gifts last year and they were a big hit. Here is how I made them: Peppermint Salt Soak. Glass or metal bowl • 20 drops peppermint essential oil • 3 tablespoons carrier oil (I used sweet almond oil or jojoba) • Metal spoon • 1/2 cup Epsom salt • 1/2 cup sea salt • 8 oz jar, tub or tin with lid • food coloring (optional)Step 1: Sterilized you materials in a hot-water bath (place in boiling water for 10 minuets, then set on a clean towel to dry).Step 2: In a glass or metal bowl, add essential oil and carrier oil to dilute it. Add the Epsom salt and sea salt and mix thoroughly. I added one drop of coloring to make the mixture a soft pink. Mix thoroughly. Step 3: Scoop into a 8 ounce (about 1 cup), wide-mouth container.To use: Pour or scoop a fourth of the mixture under warn running water. Allow the tub to fill before sinking into the soothing waters. Enjoy!The recipe is for one 8oz. jar, which is enough for four baths. I doubled the recipe several times over and made a dozen of these to give away. I added a label to the top of each jar, and instructions on a tag that I tied on with a ribbon. I then put tissue around each jar and placed it in a large cello bag, tied it with a ribbon and added a small ornament.

You will need a quarter cup of natural coarse sea salts (not processed salt), a quarter cup of Epsom salts plus three quarters of a cup of fresh herbs. Combine them all together and put in a muslin drawstring bag or pop into the foot of an old pair of stockings or pantihose and tie in a knot. Run your bathwater and drop in your parcel of bath salts for a few minutes before you get in yourself. Then relax and enjoy. Also recipe for homemade hand cream.

How To Make Natural Bath Products With Healing Herbs - Lavender Bath Salts

Make Natural Bath Products: You will need a quarter cup of natural coarse sea salts (not processed salt), a quarter cup of Epsom salts plus three quarters of a cup of fresh herbs. Combine them all together and put in a muslin drawstring bag or pop into the foot of an old pair of stockings or pantihose and tie in a knot. Run your bathwater and drop in your parcel of bath salts for a few minutes before you get in yourself. Then relax and enjoy.

❥ Lavender bath salts How to make homemade bath salts and relaxing cream/lotion